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All-time Return -10.02% (in 1 year)	Risk (SD) Moderate 0.00%	Sharpe Ratio -4.68
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Last Activity: Added HBI to bearish list on 07/11/08

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Symbol	Return	Since
HBI	-4.06%	07/11/08
FFH	+38.71%	06/06/08
BGP	-64.72%	04/18/08

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HBI Why We’re Short Hanesbrands 07/11/08 — After a singular career as a financial journalist focused on discovering ticking time bombs in public-company financial statements, Herb Greenberg has teamed with Debbie Meritz to start independent research firm Greenberg Meritz Research & Analytics. In the firm’s very first report (made av...

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FFH Fairfax Financial: Anatomy of a Hatchet Job 06/06/08 — I was deeply disappointed by the May 25th <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state> Times article on Fairfax Financial (NYSE: FFH) by the Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist, Gretchen Morgenson, Gauging the Big Bets of a Hot Hand. We u...

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BGP Why We Doubled Our Position in Borders 04/18/08 — Excerpted with permission from the monthly letter to investors in Mr. Tilson's T2 Partners Fund:  Borders Group has been a terrible investment so far, as the stock has suffered from a weak macro environment, negative investor sentiment and numerous management missteps. Things got so b...

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3	stockmarketfunding.com	17.66	+25.78%	53
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

LDK Solar's Growth Potential Offset by Gross Margin Pressure
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by Zack Miller (BloggingStocks) about MER

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